List of mayors of Auburn

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Jack Lang, Premier of New South Wales (1925-1927, 1930-1932), served as Mayor of Auburn in 1909-1911. JackLang.jpg
Jack Lang, Premier of New South Wales (1925–1927, 1930–1932), served as Mayor of Auburn in 1909–1911.

This is a list of mayors of the City of Auburn , a former a local government area of New South Wales, Australia, which disbanded in 2016.

Contents

The final mayor was Le Lam, who was elected into the position by other councillors on 23 September 2015.

Mayors

1892−2016

No.PortraitMayorPartyTerm startTerm end
1 3x4.svg George Wright Independent 16 April 1892 [1] 10 May 1893 [2]
2 3x4.svg James Douglas Ritchie Independent 10 May 1893 [3] 14 February 1895 [4] [5]
3 3x4.svg Thomas Taylor Independent 14 February 189511 February 1896 [6]
4 3x4.svg Lancelot Tregunnel Roper Independent 11 February 18969 February 1897 [7]
5 3x4.svg Charles Dyer Independent 9 February 189715 February 1899 [8] [9]
6 3x4.svg John Rose Hutchinson Gibbons Independent 15 February 189915 February 1901 [10] [11]
(3) 3x4.svg Thomas Taylor Independent 15 February 1901 [12] [13] 4 July 1904 [14] [15] [16]
7 3x4.svg Thomas Edwin Farrar Independent 8 July 1904 [17] 16 February 1906 [18]
(5) 3x4.svg Charles Dyer Independent 16 February 1906 [19] 2 May 1907 [20]
8 3x4.svg John David Edward Lambeth Independent 2 May 19077 February 1908 [21] [22]
9 3x4.svg Francis Henry Furnival Independent 7 February 1908 [23] 19 February 1909 [24]
10 JackLang.jpg Jack Lang Labor 19 February 190910 February 1911 [25] [26] [27]
11 3x4.svg John Hunter Independent 10 February 191112 February 1912 [28]
12 3x4.svg George Ritchie Independent 12 February 19129 February 1914 [29] [30]
13 William Johnson.jpg William Johnson Labor 9 February 1914 [31] [32] [33] 3 February 1916 [34] [35] [36]
14 3x4.svg Tom Cheetham Independent 3 February 19165 February 1918 [37] [38]
15 3x4.svg Robert Lightfoot Independent 5 February 19185 February 1920 [39] [40] [41]
(14) 3x4.svg Tom Cheetham Independent 5 February 19207 December 1922 [42] [43]
(12) 3x4.svg George Ritchie Independent 7 December 1922December 1924 [44] [45]
16 3x4.svg George Gollan Independent December 192420 December 1926 [46] [47]
17 3x4.svg Albert Thomas Briggs Municipal Progressive Party 20 December 1926 [48] [49] 6 January 1932 [50] [51] [52]
(14) 3x4.svg Tom Cheetham Municipal Progressive Party 6 January 1932 [53] 10 December 1934 [54] [55]
18 William Henry Lamb (1889-1964) c1953.png William Henry Lamb Labor 10 December 193416 December 1935 [56]
19 Australian-Labor-Party-stub.svg Peter Herlihy Labor 16 December 193521 December 1936 [57]
20 Australian-Labor-Party-stub.svg James Upton Labor 21 December 193613 December 1937 [58]
21 Australian-Labor-Party-stub.svg Gordon Andrew Byrne Labor 13 December 193719 December 1938 [59]
22 Australian-Labor-Party-stub.svg Bernard John Kelly Labor 19 December 193818 December 1939 [60]
23 Australian-Labor-Party-stub.svg Frederick Charles Schindler Labor 18 December 193916 December 1940 [61]
24 3x4.svg Norman John Keile Labor (N-C) 16 December 1940December 1941 [62]
25 Australian-Labor-Party-stub.svg Thomas Vernon Ryan Labor December 1941December 1942 [63]
(22) Australian-Labor-Party-stub.svg Bernard John Kelly Labor December 194220 December 1943 [64]
26 Australian-Labor-Party-stub.svg William Eric Cottee Labor 20 December 19437 December 1944 [65]
27 3x4.svg Alexander Kerr Independent 7 December 194415 December 1947 [66] [67] [68]
28 3x4.svg Norman Grant Crook Independent 15 December 1947December 1950 [69] [70] [71]
(27) 3x4.svg Alexander Kerr Independent December 1950December 1951 [72] [73]
29 3x4.svg Frank Chadwick Independent December 1951December 1953 [74] [75]
30 3x4.svg Ernest Norman Independent December 195315 January 1958 [76] [77] [78]
31 Australian-Labor-Party-stub.svg Patrick McLaughlin Labor 15 January 1958December 1959 [79]
32 3x4.svg Stanley Lewis Hedges Independent December 195929 September 1971 [80]
33 3x4.svg C. G. Noble Independent 29 September 197126 September 1973
34 3x4.svg Terry Keegan Independent 26 September 19731 October 1974
(32) 3x4.svg Stanley Lewis Hedges Independent 1 October 197417 September 1975
(34) 3x4.svg Terry Keegan Independent 17 September 197528 September 1988
35 3x4.svg George J. Dunn Independent 28 September 198826 September 1991
(32) 3x4.svg Stanley Lewis Hedges Independent 26 September 1991September 1994
36 3x4.svg William J. Kain Independent September 1994September 1995
37 Australian-Labor-Party-stub.svg Patrick Curtin Labor September 1995September 1998
(34) 3x4.svg Terry Keegan Independent September 1998September 1999
38 3x4.svg Le Lam Unity September 1999September 2000
39 Australian-Labor-Party-stub.svg Christopher Cassidy Labor September 2000September 2001
40 3x4.svg Michael Tadros Independent September 200119 April 2004
(39) Australian-Labor-Party-stub.svg Christopher Cassidy Labor 19 April 200430 September 2005
(37) Australian-Labor-Party-stub.svg Patrick Curtin Labor 30 September 2005September 2006
(38) 3x4.svg Le Lam Unity September 2006September 2008
41 3x4.svg Irene Simms Residents Action Group September 2008September 2009
42 Australian-Labor-Party-stub.svg Hicham Zraika Labor September 2009September 2010
43 Liberal Placeholder.png Ronney Oueik Liberal September 2010September 2012
44 Liberal Placeholder.png Ned Attie Liberal September 2012September 2013
45 Australian-Labor-Party-stub.svg Hicham Zraika Labor September 2013September 2014
(43) Liberal Placeholder.png Ronney Oueik Liberal September 201423 September 2015
(38) 3x4.svg Le Lam Independent 23 September 201510 February 2016 [81]
N/A 3x4.svg Viv May
(Administrator)
10 February 201612 May 2016 [82]

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